Abstract
THE defence of the civil population against air attack has become a science of considerable mag-nitude, in which the problems cover a wide range from structural engineering, chemistry and fire fighting to the control and psychology of crowds. This second and enlarged edition of Capt. Glover's book is a very useful and comprehensive manual of protection against aeroplane bombs, in which technical details, graphs, mathematical data and costs are given. It also deals with matters of general interest. The diagrams of bombs, twice the size of a man, and the fact that in some of the raids in the War of 1914-18 one third of the casualties were caused by fragments from our own anti-aircraft fire, will come as a revelation to many people.
Civil Defence
A Practical Manual presenting with Working Drawings the Methods required for Adequate Protection against Aerial Attack. By Capt. C. W. Glover. Second edition, completely revised and enlarged. Pp. xviii + 764 + 74 plates. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1940.) 36s. net.
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K., E. [Short Reviews]. Nature 145, 661 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145661b0
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